André Geraldes de Barros (born 2 May 1991) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a

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for Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Club career

Born in

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, Porto District, Geraldes spent most of his youth career with hometown club

F.C. Maia Futebol Clube da Maia is a Portuguese football club based in Maia, Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto. Founded on 4 April 1954, it currently plays in the Porto Regional League, holding home matches at the Estádio Professor Doutor Vieira de Carv ...

, apart from one year with

FC Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portu ...

in his early teenage years. He made his senior debut with the former in the

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in 2009. A year later, Geraldes signed for

Rio Ave F.C. Rio Ave Futebol Clube, commonly known as Rio Ave (), is a Portuguese professional football club based in Vila do Conde, that competes in the Primeira Liga. The club is named after the Ave River, which flows through the town and into the Atlanti ...

but never played in their first team, instead being loaned out to

G.D. Chaves Grupo Desportivo de Chaves, commonly known as Chaves (), is a Portuguese association football, football football team, club from Chaves, Portugal, Chaves currently playing in the Primeira Liga. They were founded in 1949 and currently play at Está ...

( third tier) and

C.D. Aves Clube Desportivo das Aves (), commonly known as Desportivo das Aves, or simply as Aves, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Vila das Aves, Santo Tirso. The club was founded on 12 November 1930 and plays at the Estádio do Clube ...

(

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). In 2012, he joined İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. of the Turkish

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), officially known as Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system and is run by the ...

under compatriot

Carlos Carvalhal Carlos Augusto Soares da Costa Faria Carvalhal (; born 4 December 1965) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a centre-back, currently manager of La Liga club RC Celta de Vigo. As a player, he totalled 197 Primeira Liga appearances in ...

. After a loan to

C.F. Os Belenenses Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses, commonly known as Os Belenenses (), is a Portuguese sports club best known for its football team. Founded in 1919, it is one of the oldest Portuguese sports clubs. It is based in the 25,000-seat Estádio do Rest ...

in the first half of the year, Geraldes moved to another

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-based club, Sporting CP, on a five-year deal in June 2014. Mainly assigned to the reserves, he was loaned back to Belenenses in July 2015, and

Vitória F.C. Vitória Futebol Clube is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Setúbal. Popularly known as Vitória de Setúbal (), the club was born under the original name Sport Victoria from the ashes of the small Bonfim Foot-Ball Club. When it comes ...

a year later, both in the top flight and the latter alongside fellow ''Lion'' Ryan Gauld. Both Geraldes and the Scotsman returned to Sporting at the start of 2017. In August that year, the former made a now familiar move, joining Belenenses on loan for the third time. In July 2018, Geraldes went back abroad on a one-year loan to

Sporting de Gijón Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. (), commonly known as Real Sporting, Sporting Gijón, or simply Sporting (although in an international context this can lead to confusion with Sporting Clube de Portugal) is a Spanish football club from Gijón, P ...

in Spain's

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. The

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could not pay the fixed fee of €1 million to make the deal permanent, so he went on yet another temporary switch to

Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club ( he, מועדון כדורגל מכבי תל אביב; ''Moadon Kaduregel Maccabi Tel Aviv'') is an Israeli football club from Tel Aviv and part of the Maccabi Tel Aviv Sport Club. Founded in 1906 in Jaffa as ...

of the Israeli Premier League. He won the league title during his season in the

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. Geraldes left Sporting permanently on 8 September 2020, on a two-year deal at APOEL FC in the Cypriot First Division. However, the following 12 January he returned to Maccabi on a contract running until June 2022.

Honours

Maccabi Tel Aviv * Israeli Premier League: 2019–20 *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Geraldes, Andre 1991 births Living people People from Maia, Portugal Sportspeople from Porto District Portuguese footballers Association football defenders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players F.C. Maia players Rio Ave F.C. players C.D. Aves players Sporting CP B players Sporting CP footballers C.F. Os Belenenses players Vitória F.C. players Süper Lig players İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. players Segunda División players Sporting de Gijón players Israeli Premier League players Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players Cypriot First Division players APOEL FC players Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Israel Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Israel Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus